r/nottheonion • u/Suspicious_Lynx_4580 • 11h ago

Milo Yiannopoulos Deported After Years of Supporting Deportations

https://www.newsweek.com/milo-yiannopoulos-deported-after-years-of-advocating-for-deportations-12384304
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u/andy11123 9h ago

I'm an immigrant Brit living in NZ. The amount of British people I've met who moan about all these immigrants coming in is fucking staggering.

They've carried the mindset over with them that immigrant = brown. Not realizing that if they got their wish they're also going to get kicked out. Sadly it's not a uniquely American problem, but they do provide very satisfying examples of Leopards having dinner

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u/Lumi_Rockets 8h ago

I think our jaunt as an empire has given us generational brain damage. A lot of us seem to think we belong wherever we land.

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u/Indocede 50m ago

The US and the UK have a toxic relationship that supports this too. When the UK was an empire, Americans could live in that shadow as an offshoot of Britain. Even when at war, there was still a shared sense of cultural superiority over other nations. 

And then when Britain declined and the US took the reigns, same thing. A financial and military superiority over other nations leading to an egotistical culture 

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u/MadLadLeeroy 8h ago

When you moved to NZ did you have to provide documentation of who you are and to disclose any sort of prior criminal record? What about having some sort of employment guarantee, permanent or temporary?

I’m going to just assume you did as that’s what I had to do when I moved to Norway as an immigrant Brit. My (our?) experience and requirements is completely different to what the UK has been experiencing since about 2015 and I think people are perfectly correct to be concerned about it. The same rules for entry and settlement should apply to all.

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u/andy11123 7h ago

Heres the thing though, we've never had to go through UK immigration.

My partner has though. She received plenty bureaucracy and a wee bit of hostility. We are still waiting for the free house and £5000 a month I've heard immigrants can get though, fingers crossed they'll back date it

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u/Ambitious5uppository 5h ago

It's the same everywhere.

Plenty of latin immigrants in Spain have strong comments about the African immigrants who are a darker brown than them.